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rudjedet · 2 years

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NOT EVERYTHING IN EGYPT IS SAND NOT EVERYTHING IN EGYPT ANCIENT OR MODERN IS DESERT EGYPT LITERALLY IS A BIGASS RIVER VALLEY + DELTA THAT IS GREEN AND HAS PLANTS AND SHIT BECAUSE OF THE RIVER NOT. EVERYTHING. IS. FUCKING. SAND.

#egyptology #ancient egypt #obligatory disclaimer: I fucking love the desert and the desert ITSELF has way more life than most people think #this was about the Hollywood image of Egyptian civ/other near Eastern ancient civs being empty barren sandy shit #and the people perpetuating it while talking with unearned authority about things they don't know anything about #and yes by 'people' I do mean 'big blogs on tumblr'

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